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Yeah @PINNAZ I was thinking the same thing: Too bad that the map is a total cop out storyline wise

... If anyone would like to discuss the meaning of Shangri-La Mountains, please go here. However, if you are making a metaphor, referencing, or comparing the Shangri La tweet to the new tweet - that's absolutely fine. Whatever Jimmy Z tweets about is seemingly never important or apparent until after he tweets about it. That's really what we are comparing with the Shangri-La tweet. I also find it funny that he literally says "don't go hunting", and half of you are like "OMG LETS START HUNTING". I love the enthusiasm, but it's pretty clear that this is deeper then just walking around the maps looking for things that look different. I'm not try to dissuade anyone from doing that, at all. I just think it's funny.

Welcome back Pikmin! I remember you saying you were going to take a break, glad the path brought you back to CODZ ;)

Whatever it "was" - wouldn't they have already found it in the PC files?

I thought that everything worth finding was already combed over in the PC files. EDIT: also something I thought of, strange that he posted it the day before the last Extinction DLC drops.

This list is just one of the many examples showing how Extinction has some fantastic replayability. From rewards for helping newcomers to mowing down the masses, the people who created Extinction put some serious time & care into it. Many people write off Extinction simply because the first map was pretty bland, and Ghosts in general was a letdown. I say that Extinction was Ghosts savior, and has provided me with DAYS worth of replayability. I will return to Ghosts to play Extinction maps far into the future, that's for sure. I know many of you bought the season pass for Ghosts and felt like you didn't get much out of it - take this master list as a reminder of all the cool stuff you can do in Extinction. Pop in that Ghosts disc and start getting escapes, Extinction was made with care.

In Extinction mode, there is a "currency" called Teeth. You can earn teeth through various tasks: completing Extinction missions, using relics, playing in hardcore mode, helping other players complete a mission for the first time, and every 300 cryptid kills (also there is a "bonus pool" that refills every 24 hours giving you 1"freebie" teeth for simply progressing past the first area of hives on any map). EDIT - New Ways to Earn Teeth: + 4 teeth per game for completionist + 2 teeth per game for completing 10 challenges (i.e. not failing more than 2 challenges) + unconfirmed: platinum, no downs, no drill repairs, ... In your loadout in Extinction mode, there is a section at the top that says "Armory: Get Upgrades" - this is where you spend your hard earned teeth for class and equipment upgrades. They implemented the Armory for DLC 2, but have since updated it with DLC 3, and DLC 4. Here is the master list: (key: 1/5 = wait until you've got everything that's better, 3/5 = it's useful, 5/5 = it's necessary, and cyan if I haven't tried it & I'm reporting from someone else's experience) The master list is in the order of the list in game. Name: Faster Revive Cost: 10 teeth Upgrade: Shortens the time it takes for you to get revived. GRILL rating: 3/5 Name: Start with a Locker Key Cost: 40 teeth Upgrade: Start with a Locker key on missions with Lockers. GRILL rating: 5/5 Name: More Cash Cost: 20 teeth Upgrade: Start with an extra $1000 GRILL rating: 1/5 Name: Flaming stowed Riot Shield Cost: 20 teeth Upgrade: A stowed Riot Shield will burn enemies while blocking attacks from the rear. GRILL rating: 5/5 Name: Higher Quality Incendiary Ammo Cost: 5 teeth Upgrade: Incendiary Ammo does more total damage. GRILL rating: 3/5 Name: Electric Knife Cost: 30 teeth Upgrade: Electrically charges the knife so that a melee will arc electricity to nearby Cryptids, stunning them. The Electric Knife has a recharge time of 4 seconds. GRILL rating: 3/5 (If you have some extra teeth lying around, this is a fun upgrade. The only down side is regardless of whether you get the electricity or not, you have to wait 4 seconds after every melee. It also seems to work sporadically in tandem with body armor, i.e. when attacked you emit an electric blast that stuns the aliens.) Name: Sniper Deadeye Cost: 40 teeth Upgrade: Sniper Rifle hits are always critical and kills will earn more cash. GRILL rating: 5/5 (fantastic, earns more money and cryptids go down super quick) Name: Seeker Explosion Protection Cost: 5 teeth Upgrade: Take less damage from exploding Seekers and Bombers. GRILL rating: 1/5 Name: Toughness Cost: 25 teeth Upgrade: Flinch less when taking damage. GRILL rating: 5/5 (This upgrade is a real bargain for 25 teeth, and it greatly reduces the flinching when dealing with those pesky pods on Mayday. It's great for the other maps as well - think about it, what do you spend the most time doing in a game? Looking down the site. Get this upgrade. ) Name: Hypno-Knife a Rhino Cost: 50 teeth Upgrade: Players who use a hypno-knife on a Rhino can turn him into a valuable ally. GRILL rating: 3/5 Name: Start with a Skill Point Cost: 20 teeth Upgrade: Start each game with an extra Skill Point. GRILL rating: 5/5 Name: Faster Health Regeneration Cost: 5 teeth Upgrade: Regenerate health faster. GRILL rating: 1/5 Name: High Grade Armor Piercing Ammo Cost: 5 teeth Upgrade: Armor piercing ammo will inflict increased damage when impacting a Cryptid's armored head plate. GRILL rating: 1/5 Name: Damage Upgrade Cost: 10 teeth Upgrade: Increases the damage of all attacks by 5% GRILL rating: 0/5 (don't even bother, not noticeable) Name: Stun Armor Cost: 10 teeth Upgrade: With armor equipped, this will periodically stun attackers. GRILL rating: 1/5 Name: Sentry Armor Cost: 5 teeth Upgrade: Sentry guns you place can sustain more damage. GRILL rating: 1/5 Name: Medic Upgrade Cost: 15 teeth Upgrade: The Medic is surrounded by a therapeutic energy field. Allies inside the field are healed or revived from last stand. GRILL rating: 5/5 Name: Engineer Upgrade Cost: 15 teeth Upgrade: The Engineer lays down a Stasis Field that both protects from Scorpion and Seeder attacks and creates a safe zone that Cryptids will not enter. GRILL rating: 3/5 Name: Weapon Specialist Upgrade Cost: 15 teeth Upgrade: The Specialist has an adrenaline rush, greatly increasing damage done and keeping his clips completely topped off. Nearby allies also receive a modest damage boost. GRILL rating: 5/5 Name: Tank Upgrade Cost: 15 teeth Upgrade: All Cryptids begin attacking the Tank, who is now invulnerable and able to stun enemies with melee attacks. GRILL rating: 3/5 Name: I.M.S. Fast Trigger Cost: 5 teeth Upgrade: Shortens the time it takes the I.M.S. to detect nearby enemies. GRILL rating: 3/5 Name: Keep Valid Attachments Cost: 10 teeth Upgrade: Attachments transfer if they are valid for the new weapon. GRILL rating: 5/5 Name: Magnum ACOG attachment Cost: 2 teeth Upgrade: Magnum pistols will have an ACOG equipped. GRILL rating: 1/5 Name: I.M.S. Flaming Pools Cost: 10 teeth Upgrade: When equipped, the I.M.S. explosions will leave lingering fire pools. GRILL rating: 0/5 (hurts you and your teammates, don't waste your teeth) Name: No Snare Cost: 10 teeth Upgrade: With this upgrade, Hunter and Seeker Cryptids will no longer snare players with their attacks. GRILL rating: 3/5 Name: Pistol Ark Attachment Cost: 125 teeth Upgrade: Replaces the Muzzle Brake on your upgraded pistol with the Ark attachment (basically PaP's it, shoots lasers). GRILL rating: 5/5 (This is basically like starting out with Mustang & Sally's every zombie match. The pistol ark's are fantastic, and make the pistols only relic a piece of cake for any map.) Name: Class Upgrade Frequency Boost Cost: 200 teeth Upgrade: Lessens the cooldown time between uses of the Class upgrades. GRILL rating: 3/5 (Very great if you have some teeth lying around, 200 of them at that. A bit overpriced if you ask me, but it does it's just damn well.) Name: Vulture Extended Duration Cost: 50 teeth Upgrade: Extends the duration of the Vulture and increases the frequency of the +4 Vulture firing incendiary rockets. GRILL rating: 3/5 (the vulture is a powerhouse on it's own, naturally making it stronger makes it more badass - but it's not necessary) Name: Master Scavenger Cost: 200 teeth Upgrade: Scavenge unique items such as Extended Mags and the Ark attachment as well as more powerful Hypno Knives and Flares. GRILL rating: 3/5 (If you have extra teeth then go for it - but there appears to be a very inconsistent nature involved with getting ark. I'm not going to spend my hard earned teeth just to get ark's sometimes... I want at least one ark every game.) Name: Cryptid Slayer Ammo Cost: 500 teeth Upgrade: This special ammo has the combined firepower of all of the existing ammo types. GRILL rating: 3/5 (seems pretty cool, but I slay fine as is ) Name: Arcing Stun Ammo Cost: 50 teeth Upgrade: Stun ammo will arc electricity from one Cryptid to another in close proximity. GRILL rating: 1/5 (stun ammo is lame, end of story. some people swear by it - I don't) Name: Double Class Cost: 1000 teeth Upgrade: Choose any two Classes with this upgrade. Note: Skill points will be applied to both classes when applied in game. GRILL rating: 3/5 (the only reason this isn't "5/5" is because of the cost. No "average" player could attain this upgrade, and it's silly for IW to include such an unrealistic goal. Only those who have grinded 1000's of escapes will be able to achieve "Double Class", after those thousands of escapes - how much more are you really going to want to play?)

welcome @RADAUSTIN27 good to see you! glad you're here and looking forward to hammering out some conversations on ye olde forums.

@DeathBringerZen - Purchased... Merged... Semantics. I understand why you felt the need to correct me on that, though. And, as I'm sure you know, Activision has been aware of the respawn stuff for ages. It's not a new thing, and it's not a direct response. Why would Activision bring on Neversoft just to scrap the assets that were created exclusively by them? Much less that, but dissolve the Neversoft name? Activision want to make a COD powerhouse, and the merger is the first step. We will never see eye to eye on extinction, partly because I profoundly believe in the replayability of the mode. Teeth upgrades, ranking that actually unlocks stuff, and of course the goal to be at the top of the leaderboards. I can draw many parallels between extinction and zombies, and I love them both. I hope extinction comes back.

Okay let's look at some facts. The Ghosts campaign ending was left completely open, more so than that - it literally screamed at you that the story is far from over. The campaign IS connected to extinction, hence we really don't know if the story is up. Next fact, which division of IW made extinction? That would be Neversoft. And whom did IW recently purchase? Neversoft. Neversoft is now literally part of IW, and it isn't just for the namesake. Extinction did far better then IW could have ever predicted, and they won't let it become a one off joke. Extinction was the best thing going for ghosts, they won't leave it. What did they say about ORIGINS? About moon? There was always conjecture over the continuation, yet it's clear that whatever makes money will remain constant. I don't think it's the end - but at the same time I can't argue with what @Hells Warrrior quoted. It's impossible for either route to be concrete. Next Tuesday, we will have the final august DLC and we will know if the story is over.

"the final chapter" of the Ghosts installment of Extinction

Welcome! Enjoy the forums! :D

I think the crawler should be brought back. Hell, there are many expressions to come out of zombies: "Revive me, I've got the ray gun" "zombie train" and of course: "MAKE SURE TO KEEP A CRAWLER AT THE END OF THIS ROUND!!!!" Anything that was successful enough to spawn it's own expression should never be altered.

A true Wonder Weapon - The explosive rat: http://io9.com/11-jaw-dropping-weapons-from-world-war-ii-you-probably-511010752

Welcome @PunchAPack ! Some nice records there Enjoy your time on CODZ!

Nice thread here @thegoldenspork115 - although I definitely think you should spruce it up with some photos, and perhaps different text formatting. Also, what's with the reference numbers? I was looking for according numbers and couldn't find them? Lastly - here is a video you might find interesting. It's detailing Hitler/The Nazi's belief and possible connections with inner earth dwelling beings. Keep it up! brains